Solution

City Blueprint Approach/ Urban Atlas

This solution addresses Challenges of water, waste and climate change in cities in Europe for citizens, private sector, local authorities

Problem Description

Create awareness on water, waste and climate change in cities and make this political priority in Europe

Building Blocks

City Blueprint Approach

Story

Create Learning-alliances of cities: cities can participate, see how they and other cities perform and what they can learn from or contribute to other cities

Photos

Resources

Urban Water Atlas for Europe
European Bookshop
City Blueprint Action Group
Action Group of EIP Water
Watershare
Tools for the Water Sector
E-Brochure
Short summary of our work with links to important publications

Contributed By

Kees Van Leeuwen, KWR Watercycle Research Institute/Utrecht University

Solution Stage

One of the 7 stages of an innovation. Learn more

STAGE	SPECIALIST SKILLS REQUIRED	EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES	RISK LEVEL AND HANDLING	FINANCE REQUIRED	KINDS OF EVIDENCE GENERATED	GOAL
Growing scaling and spreading6	Strong leadership, management, implementation skills	Business or organisational growth Franchising Licensing Legislation Spreading ideas Transferring practice	Fidelity assessments may be important Strong capacity needed to ensure transfer of practice MEDIUM	Equity, loans, payment by results, social impact bonds HIGH	Evidence derived from evaluations in multiple sites, and independently run randomised control trials	Innovation or impact at scale

Submitted By

Kees Van Leeuwen